Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A discharge from the urethra can sometimes be demonstrated during the medical examination , but , since the urethral opening in the female is hidden between the folds of the labia , such a discharge will not be apparent to the woman herself ; even if she examines herself , the natural moistness of this part of the body will tend to mask any contribution from the urethra .
2 Much is hidden in the mists of the early Triassic , which is probably the least-known episode in the long history of Phanerozoic time .
3 Passionate debate is provoked by the problems of children whose first language is not English .
4 First of all can I check that I am right in saying that the difference between the H B F's figures of fifty three thousand and the County Council 's figure of forty six thousand is explained by the vacancies , concealed households , death rates etcetera .
5 ‘ Interpretation ’ is simply the process whereby a meaning is assigned to the words of the statute , whilst ‘ construction ’ is the process whereby uncertainties or ambiguities in a statute are resolved .
6 Using a zig-zagging technique with your garden path will create a felling of greater space and , if it is placed between the plantings , will enhance the ‘ separate room ’ effect .
7 Emphasis is placed on the processes by which medical practitioners attempted to further themselves both professionally and socially , through intra-professional activities and interaction with local ‘ elite groups .
8 The way in which they do that is to abolish the old tenancies and to introduce long leases under which full repairing responsibility is placed on the tenants .
9 A heavy burden is placed on the magistrates to protect individual liberty from the abuse of police power .
10 The Scales are in the Cruachan Caves , in the Court of the Soul Eaters , and every soul I offer up is placed on the Scales .
11 The other key aspects of teaching that it is useful to record are the level of demand that is placed on the pupil(s) at each stage and the amount of guidance that the teacher provides .
12 The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated , thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm .
13 This point is subject to any statutory restriction which is placed on the parties ' freedom to agree .
14 In each of these cases the emphasis is placed upon the transfers of mass and energy and this may provide a much-needed focus of further development for the extension of the systems approach employing the notions of rate of doing work or of power .
15 The tie , of twisted fabric , is placed around the ankles and the parted shroud displays a small cap with ruffling , this last soon to become one of the standard items of grave-clothing .
16 A poem is good because of its emotional content and the feeling of the poet which is placed in the symbols of words , and the true joy of poetry is in feeling the same emotions as the poet .
17 If the house is placed in the names of outsider trustees , then a separate declaration of trust should be made by them to evidence the terms upon which they hold the property .
18 Simone is cheered by the Ladies ' Pond , and in the course of summer she drinks less and dyes her hair a platinum blonde and tans herself till her eyes shine .
19 Text Analysis The vocabulary of an inputted text is checked against the criteria of objective frequency , ‘ familiarity ’ and coverage .
20 The course is recognized for the purposes of exemption by the main professional accounting bodies .
21 These are conflicting principles for the government of human life , the " " legitimacy " " of both of which , Pearcy claims , is recognized by the fabliaux .
22 The sadness of the stanza is emphasized by the lines remembering the soldier at home before he came to war ;
23 The second Cuvée close/Charmat method is favoured by the producers of mass-produced sparkling wines .
24 But now that John Gribbin has made it known ( Letters , 26 January ) that the term ( and presumably the concept ) ‘ centrifugal force ’ is favoured by the relativists , I am beginning to have second thoughts .
25 As Cruising Altitude is at his very best and is favoured by the weights they will find him very difficult to beat .
26 Held and Krieger ( 1983 : 487 ) comment that , for Offe ‘ the most significant feature of the state is the way it is enmeshed in the contradictions of capitalism ’ .
27 Hanson 's Peabody subsidiary is criticized for the effects of its coal mining activities on Navajo land in Arizona .
28 It is criticized by the Tories and the media and of course they never explain how it works , so it is not surprising that the general public is suspicious of it .
29 Where the criticism is uttered on an unprivileged occasion by the Prime Minister , the risk would be worth taking , but not when it is uttered by the likes of General Amin .
30 Anyone who has advanced money for the payment of the employee debts which would have been preferential is subrogated to the rights of the employee .
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